Barclay, George, male, 30 years old, husband, tavern keeper, place of birth unclear. Under George’s name is written wife, age 26 place of birth not indicated, child age 7/12, male born Minnesota. The wife is keeping house.

This census is not very clear and lists the family members under George as “wife” and “child” with no names given. We do know that George has a family started and is living in Pine River.

Along with George and his family there are two other individuals: John Eins age 32 and Thomas [Nourling] age 62. Both men are helping in the Tavern. John is from Norway and the other is from Kentucky.

There is only one page for Pine River listed for this census.

This 1880 census lists as enumeration districts for Cass County as follows with the approximate number of people in parentheses:

The birthplace given for George is also obscure and has the word “Native” written above another scribble that is very faded and difficult to read. It might indicate he refused to answer or more likely he wasn’t home?

The listings from the above census enumeration districts had lots of families listed but most of the population was north of Pine River.

Things to Ponder

The Header Photo is of the sign post in Eagle Creek near Shakopee, Minnesota. I could not resist. I did get a chance to visit the area where John Barclay and Ellen had their land and the nice lady was very welcoming and let us come onto the property. Always be kind when you try to visit the former land or your ancestor. Treat the current owners with care.

KELLER DESCENDANTS of John and Mary (Delano) Keller. Over the past year of 2014 and currently in 2015 I have been posting about the descendants of John and Mary on my Solomon Goss of Fearing Twp., In Ohio blog (see the link below). The Surnames are: Keller, Delano, Spracklin, Evertts, Helt, Pearl, WIntermute, Barr, Van Houten, Carson, Shaffer, Kees, Lacy, Riblet and much more. Cousins are sharing on that Solomon Goss Blog. More information has come to light about these families.

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